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Galiba — by M.U. Erdosy — last modified Sep 22, 2013 09:42 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 5 unlocated Galiba

Galilaea — by E.M. Meyers — last modified Aug 30, 2022 07:17 AM

Galilaea was the northernmost region of Palaestina. Galilaea became a Seleucid territory after the conquests of Alexander the Great.

Gallia — by Mary E. Downs — last modified Feb 23, 2023 10:08 AM

An ancient region covering a large part of southwestern Europe, roughly approximating the territory of modern France. It was bounded by the Atlantic ocean, the Pyrenees mountains, the Mediterranean, the Alps, and the river Rhine. Gallia was famously described by Caesar as the territory of the ancient Celts (Celtae), whom the Romans called Gauls (Galli in Latin), hence the common modern usage "Gaul" for the region.

Gallicia — by María Jesús Redondo — last modified Jun 25, 2019 02:13 PM

A region of northwest Spain that belonged to the kingdom of Alfonso X. It is now known as Galicia.

Gallograecia (region) — by S. Mitchell — last modified Apr 14, 2024 11:18 PM

A region in Hellenized Galatia.

Gandaris — by M.U. Erdosy — last modified Dec 08, 2024 10:48 AM

Gandaris was an ancient kingdom in the valleys of the Swat and Kabul rivers. Its chief settlements were Purushapura and Takshashila.

Garm-Kerman — by M. Roaf — last modified Jul 15, 2022 06:29 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 3 G4 Garm-Kerman

Garmakan/Beth Garmai — by M. Roaf — last modified Aug 31, 2022 07:56 AM

A historical region around the city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq.

Gaulanitis — by E.M. Meyers — last modified Sep 30, 2022 06:08 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 69 C3 Gaulanitis

Gazakene — by T. Sinclair — last modified Sep 03, 2022 10:03 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 87 A4 Gazakene

Gedrosia — by M. Roaf — last modified Aug 30, 2022 03:12 PM

Gedrosia was a mountainous region covering parts of what is today southeastern Iran and southwestern Pakistan.

Gogarene/(T)Osarene — by David Braund — last modified Sep 21, 2022 12:17 PM

Gogarene/(T)Osarene was a fertile region of Caucasia that was, at various times, part of either Armenia or Iberia.

Gordyene/Corduena — by M. Roaf — last modified Jan 14, 2025 10:43 AM

Gordyene/Corduena was an ancient region of northern Mesopotamia.

Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified May 03, 2021 05:52 PM

A natural erosional landscape within which a number of rupestral sanctuaries are located, dating as early as the fourth century A.D.

Gumathene — by M. Roaf — last modified Sep 07, 2022 11:57 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 89 B2 Gumathene

Gurgum (kingdom) — by Jamie Novotny — last modified Oct 19, 2024 11:43 AM

The Neo-Hittite kingdom of Gurgum (Hittite Karkuma, Luwian Kurkuma, Aramaic grgm) was located north of the Amanus mountains. Gurgum, whose capital was Marqasi (modern Maraş), is known from Akkadian, Aramaic, Hittite, and Luwian sources.

Gutium — by Jamie Novotny — last modified Jan 29, 2018 12:41 PM

Gutium is a designation appearing in cuneiform texts of the third, second, and first millennia B.C. for the land of the Gutians (Akkadian Gutî or Qutî), a people responsible for bringing an end to the Akkadian empire. In first millennium B.C. sources, the name is used as an archaic designation for the region northeast of Babylonia, near and in the Zagros Mountains.

Habha — by Jamie Novotny — last modified Jan 29, 2018 12:19 PM

An unlocated, mountainous region northwest of Assyria, possibly in the Taurus mountains.

Harmozeia/Armuzia — by M. Roaf — last modified Nov 15, 2023 07:37 PM

A flat coastal area of ancient Carmania, located on the east coast of the Strait of Hormuz in modern Iran, and inhabited likely in a settlement near the modern Minab river. The area was visited and noted by Nearchus's expedition during the reign of Alexander the Great.

Hatti (region) — by Jamie Novotny — last modified Feb 28, 2023 09:53 PM

In Assyrian and Babylonian texts of the first millennium BC, Hatti is a purely geographical term referring to North Syria, the area roughly covered by Syro-Hittite states west of the Euphrates River.

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